Little Story
TITLE
Little Story
DIRECTOR
Mirjam Plettinx
COUNTRY
Belgium, Netherlands
YEAR
2024
DURATION
14′
GENRE
Animation
Little Story
Ant is traveling in the rear of a city bus. She is holding a small red Egg. When the bus stops, Ant gets out with her Egg and walks to work. In an office building, Ant serves coffee and tea to employees and, in the evening, she. works as a cleaner in a fastfood restaurant. The fragile Egg is always close to her.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Mirjam Plettinx
I have been working in the animation film industry for more than eight years now. During those years, I got the chance to work on some beautiful projects, such as Rusty, Dimitri, Mister Paper, This Magnificent Cake! and Oink. In recent years, I was thinking more and more about directing my own project. And then Pieter's book “Little Story With a Heart” came my way. LITTLE STORY is about the impossible decision to give up a child for adoption. It's about the inner struggle that precedes such a decision, and the heartbreak that follows. It is an incredibly difficult subject. In the children's book on which the film is based, the authors felt it was very important to treat it with great care and integrity. The same goes for me as a director. Although we do not explicitly answer the "why" question, it is very clear to me that Ant is a woman living on the edge. At one point she comes to the painful realisation that if she keeps her baby, they will both suffer. She doesn't feel like she can keep it safe, so she decides to give it away to a family who can give it the care it deserves. It was important to me that the film ends on a hopeful note as Ant lives on in the hope that her child will be happy and that one day she will have the chance to see her child again. One thing that is very important to me is that Ant never succumbs to self-pity. Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she feels sorry for the egg. And above all, she feels a longing for her child, even after giving it up. My aim with this film was to paint an honest, vulnerable portrait of a young mother. A story that is both heartbreaking and hopeful for the future.
- DirectorMirjam Plettinx
- Screenplay Mirjam Plettinx
- CinematographyPeter Mansfelt
- Cast
- Editing Karel Van Gucht
- Producer/s Stephen Vandingenen, Dries Phlypo
- Production Company
- Distributor/sBear With Me Distribution Sales Agent Slovakia All Rights
- Project TitleLittle Story
- Project TypeAnimation
- Completion Date1 January 2024
- Country of originBelgium, Netherlands
- Country of filmingBelgium, Netherlands
- Language No Dialogue
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student ProjectNo
Mirjam Plettinx
I have been working in the animation film industry for more than eight years now. During those years, I got the chance to work on some beautiful projects, such as Rusty, Dimitri, Mister Paper, This Magnificent Cake! and Oink. In recent years, I was thinking more and more about directing my own project. And then Pieter's book “Little Story With a Heart” came my way. LITTLE STORY is about the impossible decision to give up a child for adoption. It's about the inner struggle that precedes such a decision, and the heartbreak that follows. It is an incredibly difficult subject. In the children's book on which the film is based, the authors felt it was very important to treat it with great care and integrity. The same goes for me as a director. Although we do not explicitly answer the "why" question, it is very clear to me that Ant is a woman living on the edge. At one point she comes to the painful realisation that if she keeps her baby, they will both suffer. She doesn't feel like she can keep it safe, so she decides to give it away to a family who can give it the care it deserves. It was important to me that the film ends on a hopeful note as Ant lives on in the hope that her child will be happy and that one day she will have the chance to see her child again. One thing that is very important to me is that Ant never succumbs to self-pity. Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she feels sorry for the egg. And above all, she feels a longing for her child, even after giving it up. My aim with this film was to paint an honest, vulnerable portrait of a young mother. A story that is both heartbreaking and hopeful for the future.
